1998 Toyota Corolla Repeated front wheel bearing failures

Tiny
CLANMAC
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  • 1998 TOYOTA COROLLA
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • MANUAL
  • 95,000 MILES
Left front wheel bearing has failed 3 times after 4000-5000 miles. All were installed as new parts by Toyota dealers (in 3 different cities!). Last repair included new axle. In each case car was driven mostly on highways at 60-70 mph. Have done alignment often. Little or no symptoms (grinding noise, steering wobble) before catastrophic failure. Before this series, right front wheel was damaged in parking-lot accident, but after replacing struts and straightening, no other symptoms on the right have occurred. I cannot think of any other part of the car that can cause such rapid and similar failures.
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 AT 7:19 PM

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Tiny
MHPAUTOS
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Hi there, there is no real reason I can think of that would cause your problem, I would look at replacing the bearing hub ass, as it my be bent causing a miss alignment of the bearings in service. If the bearings are fitted correctly and the drive shaft is tight there should be no reason for it to fail.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008 AT 3:04 AM
Tiny
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I agree with mhpautos, I had the same problem at a car in my shop and we ended up replacing the hub and that fixed it
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 AT 5:31 PM

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